There is distribution in both the UK and US, so if you are in either country the shipping will be at local cost ($7). This is listed as a ‘promotional rate’ under Shipping Method

Elsewhere in the world, it will be at a $20 international rate, but the system will work out the cheapest country to ship from

Shipping all the US copies is slightly delayed but you can buy now before stock runs out. US customers will have theirs shipped in 10 days

The book is limited to 2000 hand-numbered copies; there will be no more. And 500 have already gone to various stores and brand shops around the world

It is 180 pages long, is printed on thick, art paper and is magazine-sized. It was designed and printed in London

The book is divided into five sections, representing the best of factory visits, style, bespoke projects, reader questions and ready-to-wear brands. Each contains photos that never appeared on the website, along with explanatory captions. You can see more of the content here

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Grrrr
Can you be more specific and I will get them to reply. Are you in ‘Billing information’ for example, and you get an error message if you click ‘Continue’, even though you have selected the United Kingdom as the country?

On entering as a guest to place an order, one is presented with a form to complete the bill address, in the form there is a drop down box entitled “State/Province” which is a mandatory field and mark with an *. Unfortunately with out selecting a US Sate or Province (i.e Alabama, New York, Idio etc..) one is unable to complete the order. So if you are based in the US it’s fine but for people outside the US will have trouble. I have spoken with Marisa and she said she had received other orders without any problems. So it may be because I am using a Safari browser or perhaps because I checked out as a “guest” rather than registering, but then I am just summonsing.

Ken – make sure that the correct country is selected, which would eliminate the need for a state. We’ve had a bunch of UK orders already, so it shouldn’t be an issue. If you are tring to use PayPal, maybe try using a credit card instead.

Hi David – I’m really sorry about this. No promotional code should be required for the shipping rates. If you want to just place your order and email us, I can adjust the shipping through a refund. Sometimes PayPal can be tricky. -Kirby

No problems for me ordering at all. Country=UK. State/Province=Surrey. Postcode and PayPal payment. All done in less than two mins. Suspect they’ve ironed out the bugs mentioned in earlier posts. Very much looking forward to the delivery. Glad I was on the ball as suspect these will fly Simon. Good luck with all

Dear Simon,
Mission accomplished.
It may be worth mentioning that book buyers should avoid the shipment estimate step that is chronologically before the checkout because I think pressing on this negates the special shipment rate.
Regards,
David

Simon
I will of course be purchasing a copy but i am disappointed with your patronage to the USA when the book was designed and printed in London – but then shipped to the USA for selling particularly given the issues with the ordering that seems to be occurring, (i have experienced this on many USA websites as they do not seem to recognise that there is another world outside of the US)! This was surely a bad plan, unpatriotic and against all sustainability!
Bradley

They are being distributed in the UK and US Bradley. And there are very few retail sites that have both UK and US distribution.
Given that 50% of the readership is in the US, it would seem a little to just distribute here for the sake o patriotism

Hi Simon congratulations on your book, from what I can tell from the pictures posted your passion for beautiful products and craft are present in every picture, that is why
I would really like to purchase the book. But the problem is I live in Copenhagen so if I have to buy it on Hangerprojects site, the price of the book will double when it reach Copenhagen because of tax (annoying country sometimes 😀 )
Should I call Trunk to see if they could help me or is there any other way around it?
Best regards

I’m very much looking forward to reading my copy once it arrives. Are you planning on traveling here to the States in 2015? I’d like to have you sign my book.

An event at Leffot or Paul Stuart would be really nice. I live in Washington, DC but with some planning I’d be happy to come up. Both shops are challenging to my wallet, but what would life be without a little danger.

Simon
I am thoroughly enjoying my Permanent Style Book 491/2000. It lifts already fascinating blog information and insight to a higher level; the detail, the photographs, the way it flows, the focus on key players in what helps to make style so fascinating, have all made this a brilliant read and reference book. Thank you.
I have skimmed it from start to finish and, for some reason, find myself reading it from the back to front… No matter, I am thrilled with the finished product.
Warmest good wishes
Malcolm

Hello Simon,
A bit disappointed. The book arrived today. It was slightly damaged in transit but the real disappointment was inside. I had read that you were autographing 2,000 copies. My was not autographed. Instead I had frontispiece telling me about the Hangar Project. I like Kirby’s website and have shopped there once or twice but the lack of autograph was to repeat myself, disappointing. Were all the copies he distributed not signed?
On content it’s excellent and only addition I would have asked is something on some icons such as G B Boyer. I look forward to your next issue.

Thanks Ray. They were all hand-numbered, not autographed. Let me know if there is somewhere it mentions autographs and I will make sure it’s changed. Kirby’s copies are the same as everyone else’s.
Thanks on Bruce – will bear that in mind. He actually emailed today to say how much he liked his copy, which was nice.

hi simon,
i’m really curious about your book, but it seems impossible to find GMT in shanghai. the outcome for any internet search related to “gmt” is useless… could you share more details about this store and its location?
thanks a lot,